molecular biology

No word on what kind of thoughts cause the most change… Spiritual counselor Michael Forrester summarizes the new studies at TunedBody: With evidence growing that training the mind or inducing certain modes…

Suzan Mazur interviews James Shapiro, author of Evolution: A View from the 21st Century, for Counterpunch: Suzan Mazur: I went through the book over the weekend. It’s very thoughtful the way you’ve put…

Research that I have done over the past decade suggests that a chemical messenger called oxytocin accounts for why some people give freely of themselves and others are coldhearted louts, why some people cheat and steal and others you can trust with your life, why some husbands are more faithful than others, and why women tend to be nicer and more generous than men. In our blood and in the brain, oxytocin appears to be the chemical elixir that creates bonds of trust not just in our intimate relationships but also in our business dealings, in politics and in society at large.

Known primarily as a female reproductive hormone, oxytocin controls contractions during labor…

By Jeremy Hsu for PopSci: Death-resistant synthetic beings? Don’t worry, there’s a genetically encoded kill-switch It’s been a long time since a Pentagon project from the DARPA labs truly evoked a “WTF…